Bezoardicum (
bezoar of) is a term applied to multiple substances used in
alchemy and other practices:
Bezoardicum joviale, or bezoar of Jupiter, is a
regulus made by melting three ounces of regulus of
antimony and two of block
tin. This is then powdered and mixed with six ounces of corrosive sublimate and distilled off in a kind of butter. It is then dissolved in
spirit of nitre (nitric acid) and distilled three times. The bezoar remaining at the bottom is powdered, washed, and mixed with
spirit of wine, until it grows insipid.
Bezoardicum lunale, or bezoar of the Moon, is made by mixing eight ounces of rectified
butter of antimony with one of fine
silver. This is dissolved in
spirit of nitre, by gently pouring it on till the ebullition ceases. The spirit is then drawn off by a gentle heat, and the bezoar managed as in the preparation of bezaordicum joviale.
Bezoardicum martiale is a dissolution of
Crocus Martis by reverberation in
butter of antimony, with
spirit of nitre poured on it. The rest is done according to the preparation of bezaordicum joviale.
Bezoardicum (
bezoar of) is a term applied to multiple substances used in
alchemy and other practices:
Bezoardicum joviale, or bezoar of Jupiter, is a
regulus made by melting three ounces of regulus of
antimony and two of block
tin. This is then powdered and mixed with six ounces of corrosive sublimate and distilled off in a kind of butter. It is then dissolved in
spirit of nitre (nitric acid) and distilled three times. The bezoar remaining at the bottom is powdered, washed, and mixed with
spirit of wine, until it grows insipid.
Bezoardicum lunale, or bezoar of the Moon, is made by mixing eight ounces of rectified
butter of antimony with one of fine
silver. This is dissolved in
spirit of nitre, by gently pouring it on till the ebullition ceases. The spirit is then drawn off by a gentle heat, and the bezoar managed as in the preparation of bezaordicum joviale.
Bezoardicum martiale is a dissolution of
Crocus Martis by reverberation in
butter of antimony, with
spirit of nitre poured on it. The rest is done according to the preparation of bezaordicum joviale.